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>ALTER LANGUAGE</H1
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>ALTER LANGUAGE&nbsp;--&nbsp;change the definition of a procedural language</DIV
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>ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> RENAME TO <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_name</I
></TT
>
ALTER [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> OWNER TO <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_owner</I
></TT
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>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER LANGUAGE</TT
> changes the definition of a
   procedural language.  The only functionality is to rename the language or
   assign a new owner.  You must be superuser or owner of the language to
   use <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER LANGUAGE</TT
>.
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><TT
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><I
>name</I
></TT
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>      Name of a language
     </P
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The new name of the language
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_owner</I
></TT
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>      The new owner of the language
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>Compatibility</H2
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>   There is no <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER LANGUAGE</TT
> statement in the SQL
   standard.
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>See Also</H2
><A
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>CREATE LANGUAGE</A
>, <A
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>DROP LANGUAGE</A
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